Perhaps you have sticking aperture blades, and they don't stop down sufficiently. I experienced that problem in the studio with flash lighting and a sticky lens. Paul
> The test scene is outside, buildings, the sky and few shadows. It really > should be the other way around, i.e. slightly underexposed due to the > relatively bright sky. > > Peter > > >What are you metering? If your scene includes a lot of shadow area and > >no sky, you'll probably overexpose somewhat. > >Paul > >On Mar 29, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Peter Smekal wrote: > > > >> Hi folks, > >> I was trying out some of my K and M lenses on the *istD: 24/2.8, > >> M28/2.8, > >> 35/2.8, M50/1.4, M85/2. I was really looking forward to use some of > >> these > >> old pearls. The strange thing is that I get very overexposed pictures > >> with > >> the M50/1.4 and the M28/2.8. I am using the M mode + the green button. > >> Firmware is updated. Any explanation? > >> Peter > >> > >> > > >